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Food Service Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 126 days ago
On-site White City, OR $21 – $24.4/hr Apply by Jun 8, 2026 Food Service Working ESFJESFPISFJISTJ Hospitality
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This Food Service Worker position is located within the Nutrition & Food Service at the VA Medical Center in White City, OR.
What You'll Do
- →Major duties and responsibilities include (but are not limited to): Sets up and breaks down assigned station with the correct supplies and food items.
- →Portions food items into standard serving sizes using the proper utensils and specified dishware.
- →Selects and places correct items on patient trays.
- →Decides what food items to serve for the most common diets.
- →Identifies obvious discrepancies between the prescribed diets and the food items designated by the menu.
- →Sets up dining room tables for service, place food and beverages on tables, and replenish items as necessary.
- →Delivers meal trays to the patients' bedsides; reporting the patients' comments and complaints to the supervisor or dietitian.
- →Provides assistance to cooks in the food preparation area, such as weigh, measure and assemble ingredients according to standardized recipes.
- →Prepares fresh fruit/cold salads/dressings/sandwich fillings and cold sandwiches and simple cold desserts.
- →Reads and interprets regular or modified menus, individual diet cards, tray tickets or patient selections.
- →Performs heavy-duty cleaning tasks throughout the food service and related areas.
- →Performing other duties as assigned.
- →Work Schedule: Tuesday - Saturday; 10:30a.m. - 7:00p.m.
- →(PST) Position Description Title/PD#: Food Service Worker/PD99920S Physical Effort and Work Conditions: Work is performed in kitchen areas where the steam and heat from cooking and dishwashing equipment often cause uncomfortably high temperatures and humidity.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation Selective Services Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓There is no education requirement or substitution for the WG-3 position.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 1da98c6d-d7ec-43a4-adb8-2bdca9b11ca2
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